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Country reminiscing: The social evolution of a parish community delightfully told through the history of its school; Lower Heath CE School
Will be published approx. on 27. November 2025
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-83615-264-4 (ISBN)
Description
At first glance this appears to be "The History of Lower Heath School" however, as you turn the pages it is so much more.
A natural story-teller, Roger leads us through an entertaining and detailed history of the development of a school and its parish community.
It twists and turns through the ages, with associated ebbs and flows of good times and challenges, that includes two world wars, an influx of evacuees and the government take-over of schools.
This small parish in North Shropshire punched above its weight influencing not only the United Kingdom but beyond.
"I can hear your dad speaking in every sentence" Paul Rigley, Author Shropshire Soldiers of Waterloo.
"Roger's talks were so passionate and entertaining." Freda Ridgeway BEM
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Claygate
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
557 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83615-264-4 (9781836152644)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Roger is a born and bred native of Lower Heath, North Shropshire. He was born in 1932 in a house, on what was once part of the Hills of Hawkestone Estate. In 1937 at the age of 5 he attended Lower Heath School, leaving at the age of 14. Unable to pursue college due to severe travel sickness, he "went to the tools" as an apprentice to George Ward, the "Joiner, Wheelwright and Undertaker," based in Fauls Green.Attached to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Regiment to serve his National Service he was stationed on Salisbury Plain, then Germany joining the British Army of the Rhine; patrolling the Rhine and monitoring the Minden Gap. As a reserve for the Army football team, he was lucky enough, to almost always, gain a place on the pitch. His love of football continues to this day, matched by his love and enthusiasm for local history especially the Hills of Hawkestone.When George Ward retired, Roger became the local builder. More than a job... it was a way of life, enabling him to interview parishioners and collect more stories from the past. Combined with his passion for collecting old postcards and photographs of the area, it enabled Roger to write a detailed and entertaining history of Lower Heath School and the community it served and built.